Restore failed Illegal character '/' (Unicode hexadecimal 002F).

[cheers00]

I got the latest MusicStrore and I am having tough time to build the solution with VS 2015 RC. Nuget packages are not restored and I get the following error message when I tried to restore packages for MusicStore project (dnu restore).

Wondering if I am missing something.

C:\temp\MusicStore\src\MusicStore\project.json(10,73): Error: Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.FileFormatException: Illegal character '/' (Unicode hexadecimal 002F). ---> Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Json.JsonDeserializerException: Illegal character '/' (Unicode hexadecimal 002F).
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Json.JsonBuffer.Read()
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Json.JsonDeserializer.DeserializeArray(JsonToken head, JsonBuffer buffer)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Json.JsonDeserializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonToken next, JsonBuffer buffer)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Json.JsonDeserializer.DeserializeObject(JsonToken head, JsonBuffer buffer)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Json.JsonDeserializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonToken next, JsonBuffer buffer)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Json.JsonDeserializer.Deserialize(TextReader reader)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Project.GetProjectFromStream(Stream stream, String projectName, String projectPath, ICollection`1 diagnostics)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Project.TryGetProject(String path, Project& project, ICollection`1 diagnostics)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Project.TryGetProject(String path, Project& project, ICollection`1 diagnostics)
   at Microsoft.Framework.PackageManager.RestoreCommand.<RestoreForProject>d__77.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.Framework.PackageManager.RestoreCommand.<>c__DisplayClass76_0.<<Execute>b__1>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.Framework.PackageManager.RestoreCommand.<Execute>d__76.MoveNext()
----------
Restore failed
Illegal character '/' (Unicode hexadecimal 002F).

I also tried build.cmd and it's timing out.

my dnvm list is below

Active Version           Runtime Architecture Location                        Alias
------ -------           ------- ------------ --------                        -----
       1.0.0-beta4       clr     x64          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta4       clr     x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta4       coreclr x64          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta4       coreclr x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta4-11566 clr     x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta4-11566 coreclr x64          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta4-11566 coreclr x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes x64
       1.0.0-beta5-11781 clr     x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta5-11911 clr     x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta5-11911 coreclr x64          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta5-11911 coreclr x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
  *    1.0.0-beta6-11944 clr     x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-beta6-11944 coreclr x64          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes default
       1.0.0-beta6-11944 coreclr x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes
       1.0.0-dev         clr     x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes clr-win-x86-dev
       1.0.0-dev         coreclr x86          C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes coreclr-win-x86-dev
       1.0.0-dev         mono                 C:\Users\svyalach\.dnx\runtimes mono-dev

[bjjzqd]

I am seeing the same issue.

[cheers00]

Didn't do anything but today, I can build the solution.

But I get the same error when I deploy and run the command.

[cheers00]

I get the above mentioned error when ran the command (.cmd) But when I run dnx . run, I get the following error. I am publishing this as file system.

C:\Projects\MusicStore-master\artifacts\bin\MusicStore\Release\Publish>dnx . run

System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to resolve project 'Publish' from C:\Pr
ojects\MusicStore-master\artifacts\bin\MusicStore\Release\Publish
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.ApplicationHostContext..ctor(IServiceProvider
serviceProvider, String projectDirectory, String packagesDirectory, String confi
guration, FrameworkName targetFramework, ICache cache, ICacheContextAccessor cac
heContextAccessor, INamedCacheDependencyProvider namedCacheDependencyProvider, I
AssemblyLoadContextFactory loadContextFactory, Boolean skipLockFileValidation)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.DefaultHost.Initialize(DefaultHostOptions opti
ons, IServiceProvider hostServices)
   at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.DefaultHost..ctor(DefaultHostOptions options,
IServiceProvider hostServices)
   at Microsoft.Framework.ApplicationHost.Program.Main(String[] args)

[jalaz]

Today I've had the error project.json(37,5): Error: Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.FileFormatException: Illegal character '/' when I updated to dnx beta5 and had the following comments in my project.json:

//,
//"dnxcore50": {
//  "dependencies": {
//    "System.Reflection.TypeExtensions": "4.0.0-beta-23015"
//  }
//}

it worked fine after I removed comments from the file. Hope it helps to somebody.

[MiKom]

It seems that somewhere between beta4 and beta5 the json parser got more strict and it doesn't allow comments in JSON files (which are not in the JSON standard)

[davidfowl]

Try switching to the dev branch of music store

[Eilon]

Indeed, comments are no longer supported in project.json files. See https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/24 for more info.

This was most likely an issue if the master branch (which is always the most recent stable build) was used with a dev build of DNX (which is always newer).